Ethical issues that can affect an Engineer's professional and personal life are termed as

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  1. Macro-ethics
  2. Micro-ethics
  3. Morals
  4. Rights

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Option 2 : Micro-ethics
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Micro ethics can be at two levels: Individual and Professional. The individual ethics include honesty, integrity, fairness etc, whereas professional ethics at micro level include adherence to safety, quality etc.

Macro ethics looks at bigger picture issues such as sustainability, poverty, social justice, and bioethics which need to be addressed by the engineering profession (and society) as a whole. Macro ethics is also generally not captured by professional codes of conduct.

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